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I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.

Woodrow Wilson

America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.
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Country Head
Progressiveness means not standing still when everything else is moving.
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Move Progress Stand
It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.
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Nation Training War
A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
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Government Help Man Representation Willing
We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.
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Act Born Growth World
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
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Conscience Dog Examination Face Home Yourself
The right is more precious than peace.
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Peace Precious Right
Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.
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Close Dreams Luxury Philosophy Thinking
All things come to him who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for.
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Knowledge Patience Wait Wisdom
Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper’s that make an ordered life impossible.
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Breed Hungry Impossible Life Mad Order Reform
America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.
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Born Devotion Holy Scripture
Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord’s Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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Business Empty God Life National Spiritual Stomach Worship
Absolute identity with one’s cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
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Condition Identity Leadership Reason
The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
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Emotion Flag History
If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.
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Color Mistake Myself People Vote
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
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Counseling Heat Judgment Light

I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.

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